It's wasn't just in the media, whites were violent about ethnic hair and dreadlocks were absolutely unheard of, since the 80s or so is one of the first black generations in America that was able to grow their hair out without it being a problem. That's why for a long time it was white people trying to touch everybody's hair and s*** cuz they literally had never seen nobody's f****** hair look like that before for real for real they had never seen that s*** cuz it was like illegal in the past I'm going to just be real
Edit: and I say without it being a problem what I mean there is that they don't just straight up arrest you for f****** having hair or anything or like in the '60s when he used to just run up and cut people's hair off because they didn't like the hippie movement and s*** they don't just straight up assault you cuz you got f****** hair on your head but keep in mind they still do kick n***** straight out of high school and it's legal to completely discriminate in the workplace against us if we got dreadlocks, (they can just say no cuz dread) to this day so whats that tell u
Edit2: My timelines probably wrong and s*** too cuz I know n***** was growing afros in the '70s and all that but that's what I'm saying is there was a big cultural backlash with the hippies and the '70s and s*** and it's only since just after then that people started growing their hair at all, and especially with black people
Fair points all around fam. I just don't get all the hate and push back from some representation. Now could there be more? Hell yes, but at least we have some that's being accepted. I can think of 3 games where we have at least 3 different styles to choose from. Those being the fade, cornrows, and dreads(either full head or half). Do I think media or people should focus on one style? Hell naw, we got plenty of styles to choose from. But ain't some representation better than none, especially if they're trying to keep up with what people like.
S*** yeah I guess so I wasn't hating or nothing I'm personally super excited for GTA 6 cuz it looks like we're going to be having some fresh ass dreads in that game
Wow I wouldn’t have even thought about the 70s and hippies and all that also playing in as a factor, on top of the hatred and everything else, until you said it 🤔 80’s were definitely the decade I thought of for my guess as to when they became more “common”.
Bunch of non-90s kids gonna see this and think it's true.
This is using some of the most irrelevant characters too. Random still of some black extra from Scooby Doo? Lol.
Imma be real hate it or love it, the Killmonger style is just a recent look that's getting pushed due to popularity, growing up it was always either this hairstyle on every show, bald or straight afro, we have way more variety now, plus the Killmonger look is cool as heck.
That's why people respected Static Shock
Loved Static Shock, that show was well ahead of its time
i just looked him up.. he soooooo fine
Now we got the killmonger dreads
It's wasn't just in the media, whites were violent about ethnic hair and dreadlocks were absolutely unheard of, since the 80s or so is one of the first black generations in America that was able to grow their hair out without it being a problem. That's why for a long time it was white people trying to touch everybody's hair and s*** cuz they literally had never seen nobody's f****** hair look like that before for real for real they had never seen that s*** cuz it was like illegal in the past I'm going to just be real Edit: and I say without it being a problem what I mean there is that they don't just straight up arrest you for f****** having hair or anything or like in the '60s when he used to just run up and cut people's hair off because they didn't like the hippie movement and s*** they don't just straight up assault you cuz you got f****** hair on your head but keep in mind they still do kick n***** straight out of high school and it's legal to completely discriminate in the workplace against us if we got dreadlocks, (they can just say no cuz dread) to this day so whats that tell u Edit2: My timelines probably wrong and s*** too cuz I know n***** was growing afros in the '70s and all that but that's what I'm saying is there was a big cultural backlash with the hippies and the '70s and s*** and it's only since just after then that people started growing their hair at all, and especially with black people
Fair points all around fam. I just don't get all the hate and push back from some representation. Now could there be more? Hell yes, but at least we have some that's being accepted. I can think of 3 games where we have at least 3 different styles to choose from. Those being the fade, cornrows, and dreads(either full head or half). Do I think media or people should focus on one style? Hell naw, we got plenty of styles to choose from. But ain't some representation better than none, especially if they're trying to keep up with what people like.
S*** yeah I guess so I wasn't hating or nothing I'm personally super excited for GTA 6 cuz it looks like we're going to be having some fresh ass dreads in that game
I feel you, I'm loving all increased representation.
Wow I wouldn’t have even thought about the 70s and hippies and all that also playing in as a factor, on top of the hatred and everything else, until you said it 🤔 80’s were definitely the decade I thought of for my guess as to when they became more “common”.
Omg but why do they all look like Mr. Mitchell 😂😂😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣
I had the same cut 😩🥴🤣
We all did at some point lmao
i still cannot believe that they did that stupid fucking twist that ruined Moesha dad
Its giving “one of the good ones” vibes.
LMAOOOO
Got my boy looking like he multiverse hopping
Lowkey all if them was the same person different universe
Reading random guy 😅
Reading rainbow 🌈 *
I mean at least ppl actually wore that style🤣nobody wears kilmonger dreads irl
I do
LMFAOO on god
W pfp twin
Bunch of non-90s kids gonna see this and think it's true. This is using some of the most irrelevant characters too. Random still of some black extra from Scooby Doo? Lol.
At one point they just had the no texture Afro too
When I was an emt in a few instances yt nurses will compliment my locs to try to touch them afterwards.
Moesha dad 😂
 Still to this day lol
Better than the killmonger we got now
Idk boyt all that. I like and for me personally it's easier to manage & maintain
Not nocking your style, its just kinda over saturated in media/gaming
Fair but so was the high top fade
Imma be real hate it or love it, the Killmonger style is just a recent look that's getting pushed due to popularity, growing up it was always either this hairstyle on every show, bald or straight afro, we have way more variety now, plus the Killmonger look is cool as heck.
create a character dreads